Research article 28 Oct 2015
Research article | 28 Oct 2015
Thermal-plume fibre optic tracking (T-POT) test for flow velocity measurement in groundwater boreholes
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Short summary
The monitoring and measurement of water flow in groundwater wells allows us to understand how aquifers transmit water. In this paper we develop a simple method, which we call T-POT, that allows flows to be estimated by tracking the movement of a small parcel of warmed water. The parcel is tracked using fibre optic temperature sensing - a technology that allows detailed measurements of temperature, and therefore flow using the T-POT method, to be made in the well.
The monitoring and measurement of water flow in groundwater wells allows us to understand how...